Golfing outfit



Apr. 17, 1923.

W. S. LUCKETT GOLFING OUTFIT Filed Feb. 24 1922 @MXM Patented Apr. 17, 1923.

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Application filed February 24, E122. Serial No. 538,923.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \VILLIAM 5%. linonn'rr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chestnut Hill, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golfing Outfits, of which the follo ing. is a specification.

The present invention has reference broadly to improvements in golfing outfits and more particularly relates to a golf bag and support therefor.

The invention contemplates as its principal object to provide a device of the above character wherein the bottom of a self sustaining bag is designed to be detachably connected to a ground engaging support for the purpose of maintaining the bag in an up right supported position, thereby affording convenience for a player who is without the assistance of a caddy.

More particularly the invention embraces the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein the construction of the detachable connection and the support are novel and in addition are respectively capable of being readily assembled and applied where desired for use. i

It is more specific object of the invention to provide a golf bag the bottom of which may be detachabl engaged with a prong or other member for penetrating the ground, the walls of the bag being sufficiently reinforced to withstand the shock incident to the engagement of the prong with the ground.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the above character with view to compact ess and wherein the number of parts are few, the construction simple, the cost of production low and the eiiiciency high.

Further objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopevof the invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in con nection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, of the bag and support.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section through the lower portion. of

the bag and support, and

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of support.

Similar characters of reference are employed throughout several views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there provided a golf bag designated generally by the numeral 1 mainly of conventional design while detachably associated with the bottom of the bag is a ground engaging support indi cated in its entirety by the numeral 2. In

connection withthe bag it maybe stated the body may be suitably reinforced as .by light metal tubes 3 or the like which act to render the bag sufiiciently rigid to withstand the shock incident to the engagement of the support with the ground. A relatively rigid annular rim portion 3 is connected with the the socket 5 is desirably threaded for detachable connection with the socket. Supporting prongs or legs 8 form suitable ground engaging means for the support and insure of the supporting of the bag.

In Figure there is employed only one prong or leg 8 on the plate 6, this being of a larger size than the prongs or legs 8 to insure of proper supporting.

In use a golfer, who is without the assistance of a. caddy, may connect the support 2 to the bag 1 and carry the bag in the usual manner until he reaches a position where it is desired to swing a club whereupon the upper part of the bag is gripped in one hand and moved downwardly so as to jab or cause the prongs to engage the ground. Upon release of the bag the same will be supported owing to the rigidity afforded the bag by the tubes 3. As apparent the bag may be moved from place to place about a golf course and in this manner afford a material convenience to the golfer.-

Although I have shown and described a plug and socket as a detachable connection,

, it is of course apparent that any equivalent means may be employed for this purcured by Letters Patent is A golf. bag comprising a body formed of flexible material, arelativcly' rigid annular rim portion connected to the upper edges 01 the flexible body, a cup like rigid bottom receiving the lower end of the body and having its central portion thickened and provided with an open ended screw threaded socket, a circular supporting plate of a circumference snnilarto the circumference of the bottom, a central upstanding exteriorly threaded stud carried by the plate for detachable engagement Vith the socket for releasably maintaining the plate in intimate contact with the bottom, prongs depending from the'under surface of the plate for penetrating the ground, and a series of reinforcing rods secured to the flexible body and extending vertically thereof and positioned between the rim. portion and the bottom to render the body self-sustaining and to permit oi the bag with the plate attached thereto to be thrust against the ground so that the prongs enter therein. a

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM s. LUCKETT. 

